Hungary has not accepted and will not take in any migrants, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in an interview to Saturday’s issue of daily Magyar Hírlap, emphasising the difference between accepting refugees based on the Geneva Refugee Convention and illegal mass immigration.

Two dozen Hungarian NGOs have qualified the “Stop Soros” draft package published in full on Thursday as “deceptive, arbitrary and harmful”. Veronika Móra, director of Ökotárs Foundation, told a press conference that the package, which she dubbed “Stop Civil”, should be withdrawn.

The government’s “Stop Soros” migration proposals will “create a new situation” in which “all, including George Soros can decide if they stop or continue organising and supporting illegal migration”, the prime minister told public Kossuth Radio on Friday morning.

Both Hungary and Slovakia are reassured by the European Union’s admission of the importance of defending the bloc’s external borders, a defence ministry official said after a meeting of the Hungarian-Slovak mixed committee dealing with military and national security issues.

Multiculturalism is an illusion, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told the German Bild Zeitung in an interview. A large number of Muslim immigrants in Europe will lead to parallel societies, Orbán said. Muslim and Christian societies will never connect, he said. “We [Hungary] do not want this. And we do not want anyone to force it upon us.”

György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, has said that Hungarian authorities will do everything possible to ensure public safety: the police, the Counter Terrorism Centre and the Hungarian Defence Forces are using covert and visible measures to guarantee the security of Christmas markets and other events.

The head of the Association of County Seats (MJVSZ) on Tuesday called on mayors in Hungary to discuss ways to eliminate “the recent dangers” illegal migration causes to residents. Károly Szita, the mayor of Kaposvár in south-western Hungary, told a press conference that he had sent letters to his colleagues, initiating a meeting for the discussion of the EU’s mandatory quotas during the first ...

Hungary has not accepted and will not take in any migrants, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in an interview to Saturday’s issue of daily Magyar Hírlap, emphasising the difference between accepting refugees based on the Geneva Refugee Convention and illegal mass immigration.

Two dozen Hungarian NGOs have qualified the “Stop Soros” draft package published in full on Thursday as “deceptive, arbitrary and harmful”. Veronika Móra, director of Ökotárs Foundation, told a press conference that the package, which she dubbed “Stop Civil”, should be withdrawn.

The government’s “Stop Soros” migration proposals will “create a new situation” in which “all, including George Soros can decide if they stop or continue organising and supporting illegal migration”, the prime minister told public Kossuth Radio on Friday morning.

Both Hungary and Slovakia are reassured by the European Union’s admission of the importance of defending the bloc’s external borders, a defence ministry official said after a meeting of the Hungarian-Slovak mixed committee dealing with military and national security issues.

Multiculturalism is an illusion, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told the German Bild Zeitung in an interview. A large number of Muslim immigrants in Europe will lead to parallel societies, Orbán said. Muslim and Christian societies will never connect, he said. “We [Hungary] do not want this. And we do not want anyone to force it upon us.”

György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, has said that Hungarian authorities will do everything possible to ensure public safety: the police, the Counter Terrorism Centre and the Hungarian Defence Forces are using covert and visible measures to guarantee the security of Christmas markets and other events.

The head of the Association of County Seats (MJVSZ) on Tuesday called on mayors in Hungary to discuss ways to eliminate “the recent dangers” illegal migration causes to residents. Károly Szita, the mayor of Kaposvár in south-western Hungary, told a press conference that he had sent letters to his colleagues, initiating a meeting for the discussion of the EU’s mandatory quotas during the first ...

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